Read and answer the questions!

The Sahara Desert is the (1)____ desert in the world. It is bigger than the four next largest deserts put together. It is (2)____ the whole of the United States of America including most of Alaska and nearly as big as the whole of Europe.

1.   A. largest                                    C. larger

B. larging                                    D. large

2.   A. as small as                    C. as vast as

       B. as small                               D. as big